New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-20
A POOKErBOROUGH SENATOR.
NOTES ON MR. GRAY, OF DELAWARE.

no, oxp,.S CIAIMs-MR. MILLlKENs CHlMEhlCAL
BILL
,-o,, THE RyoUIAR CORRESPONDENT OF TUE TRIBUNE
UNCONSCIOUS Jan. lathe reelection Of Senator
-. =, delaware without opposition, demonstrates
$50 the hold which Secretary Bayard has upon tne
.,o,;,;ca Of his State. Mr.. Gray has long been de
voted follower Of the Secretary. When Mr. Day"i "
s,uned his seat in the Senate to 60 into the o'a'o
partment all be had to do was to designate Ills
cessor In the little pocket borough Vi Do"" '0 ~,
amounted practically to an eocuon. iV 'no'o
.a h.sn Attorney General of the State for
-. opd had done faithful yeoman service at
-. N,;,,al Conventions in the interest OF Mr. Bay
-, IT. faebIe opposton at the time OF Congressman
~. Who made some show of fight against the nc
tatorship of the Secretary, never amounted 10 any
thing. The opposition. this time, to Mr. Grays re-
nomipation amounted to still less II collapsed a'o-
,othsr on Saturday and Mr.. Grays victory or rather
the control of Mr. Bsysrd over the politics oil MS o'ac
J.. conplcte Mr. Gray is one OF the most usoinS anu
energetic of the younger members OF the Democrauo
aide of the Senate lIe evidently cares little 'or the
traditions OF that dignfed body, which tactiy assumes
that Il, vounc members should be but not heard
nj least not until they have listened for three or four
years 10 the wisdom OF their elders Mr. Gray is often
heard in set speeches and in the running FIRE of debate
In both he acauts bimselt creditably He greatly AS
tonished his colleagues in the beginning OF MS senate
rial career asking pulling questions OF such men az
Edmunds Hear ingalls, ana onet ssee ; ., n. ."t thew a.
WAYS do freshmen of the senate. But the senator
from Delaware was not to be put down ID tna' way
lie persisted with the result that to-day he is consd-
cred one of the most Useful of the young Senator's.
The patronizng ways OF the older Senators to~arq
their young colleagues extend even to their Wives' !
remember the wife of one OF the older men IN the
Chamber remarking to me while seated IN the gallery,
lust when Mr. Gray was on his feet catechslhg uen
He'd colleague OF his For young Senator he seems
hao king al too
The patron zing and almost indignant tone Oh her 'oe
when she said tho illustrated better than mere worus
could the feeling which exists IN the Senate between
the ancients " and tie youngsters"
MIR. Bayard is trying hear, to reach satisfactory
settement the claims which citizens OF the country
hold against the Colombian Government. The Colour
bian Minister Is absent sick leave. but IN his place
there has been appointed Envoy Extraordinary on
specal mission gentleman who. l am told, Is en-
gagged in business ia New fork-Scnor Don .; W,
Gurtado. The negotiations have come tn sndCen
atom owing it said, to desire on the part OF ME-
Bayard to include the settlement claims OF Ameri-
can citizens growing ont OF the destruction OF Coo
This onens an interesting question in International
law. The United States has formerly hed, ana IL Is
generally conceded by authorities upon international
law that government cannot be made Responsible lor
Abstraction of property the hands of rebel forces In
the War OF the Rebellion great amonnt OF property
belonging to foreigners was destroyed by the Coh'eue
ate troops, but the United States Government uni
yersalIy refused to make good the losses Inc OH 10
Indemnify the Chinese who suffered by the Rock
Springs riots had the support OF the Go gernment as
measure OF equity rather than in which there was
any legal claim. If MIR. Bayard should seek there
fore 10 establish the legal status OF these Colombian
olains he would have 10 II without violating the
principles TO which he has chung s" far AT present
understand he is merely trying to have the question
whether these claims shat! he considered or not sub
United 10 an arbiier WILL in all PROBABILITY be one
of the Foreign Ministers stationed here.
The bill recently introduced in the House by Mr.
Miliken TO purchase all the property lying south OF
Pepnsyyana-sve. with the view OF erecting thereon
pubc bui dings, strikes me commercial One would
have 10 wait until all the Rsndas and Homans have
ceased 10 exist get it considered. The cost to
the Government OF acquiring this property would prob
ably be Sc 100000. To any one who has seen PaIis
transformed by Haussniunsix mlllionsor even twice
that would not seem too much 10 pay Tor such
street as sylvaniaave. would be ii lined on one
side +, row OF stately udngs,a new Interior Depart
ment a Post OfiOe Department, or Hall OF Records,
q building the need of which becomes yearly more APP
parent Mr.. Milliken's project, however. will have to
rest fear. until the millennium isgpon u.s.
In view of the war feeling prevailing in Europe, the
fact that Russia ia the regular customer OF certain
manufacturers of and cartridges IN this country
becomes doubly interesting. gentleman whose bust
ness it is to keep himself informed regarding such
things told tn At the Russian Government buys
nuaily large quantities OF cartridges from American
manufacturers but that this year the regular order
has been considerably increased.